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R. BUTTERWORTH.

l GUET. No. 329,813. Patented Nov. 3, 1885.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE;V

ROBERT BUTTERVORTH, OF BOSTON, MASS., ASSIGNOR, BY MESNE ASSIGN- MENTS, TO THE FIBERLENE COLLAR COMPANY, OF PORTLAND, ME.

CUFF.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 329,813, dated November 3, 1885.

Application filed June 9, 1895. Serial No. 168,197. (No model.)

To all whom/ it may concern:

Be it known that l, ROBERT BUTTERWORTH, of Boston, (Somerville) in the county of Middlesex, State of Massachusetts, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Cuffs, of which the following is a description sufficiently full, clear, and exact to enable any person skilled in the art or science to which said invention appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specilication, in which- Figure l is an elevation of an unfolded reversible cuff or cuff-blank embodying my invention; Fig. 2, a vertical transverse section of the same, taken on line a: a: in Fig. 1; Fig. 8, a vertical transverse section of an ordinary unfolded reversible cuff provided with offsets between the iiaps and body; and Fig. 4, a reduced perspective view of my improved cuff, a portion being represented as broken away.

Like letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in the different figures of the drawings.

My invention relates more especially to that class of paper or cloth-faced-paper cuffs which are reversible; and it consists in a cuff composed of paper, cloth-faced paper, or any other suitable materials of like nature, and provided with two longitudinal creases or indentations formed, respectively, at or near the junction of its flaps and body, the members of each pair of said creases being arranged in parallelism with each other and on opposite sides of the cuff, as hereinafter more fully set forth and claimed, the object being to produce a more perfect and desirable article of this character than is now in ordinary use.

The nature and operation of the improvement will be readily understood by all conversant with such matters from the following explanation:

In the drawings, A represents the body, and B C the flaps, of the cuff, these parts being integral and composed of paper, cloth-faced paper, or any other suitable materials of like nature. Before the blank from which the cuff is formed has been cut from the stock in the usual manner, or at the time of cutting it, as 5o may be most convenient, I indent or crease it longitudinally at or near the junction of each of the iaps with the body, as shown at i z, by means of dies, rollers, or any other suitable means for that purpose, the members of each pair ofthe creases being disposed on opposite' 55 sides of the blank, as shown in Fig. 2, and of sufcient depth to respectively emboss or raise the corresponding'bosses or projections, o m, thus leaving the body A and flaps B C on or nearly on the same plane.

It has heretofore been common in the manufacture of paper or cloth-faced-paper cuffs jhaving overturned flaps, or iiaps adapted to be folded, to make a single crease or indentation directly on the folding line or dividingline between the band and Hap, to enable the blank to be readily and properly folded; but in reversing such cuffs,after'having been worn as originally folded, it is not only difficult to fold them properly, but rough and unfinished 7o edges are presented at the folding lines, which detract materially from their appearance.

In seeking to overcome this defect an inclined offset, i, has sometimes been formed in the collar-blank, as shown in Fig. 3, by means of dies, rollers, or other suitable means, the body A being raised thereby to a higher plane than the flaps B C. It has, however, been found that when a cuff provided with offsets, as described, is reversed in wearing, the body and 8o flaps being on different planes, it will when bent anew fold in such a manner as to present rough and unfinished edges at the folding lines. For instance, when the flap B in Fig..2 is bent downwardly and brought against the under side of the body A, the cuff will be folded on the angle g, and the boss or projection a will form the edge; but if, now, it is reversed and the flap B is bent upwardly and brought against the upper side of the body A, 9o the cuff will be folded on the angle r and the boss or projection b will form the edge, thus leaving the angle g exposed, and as the Wearing of the cuff always wrinkles and crimps the surface of the material on the under side of the fold, that portion which forms the angle g, when exposed, as described, will give the cuff an unfinished appearance at or near its edge.

It has also been found to be exceedingly roo difficult to fold 'such cuffs readily on account of the body and iiaps being arranged on different planes and the lack of indentations or creases on the folding lines.

My invention is designed to obviate these objections; and to that end I make use of two well-defined or positive longitudinal creases or indentations, t' z, at or near the junction of each of the flaps with the body of the cuff, the members of each pair of said creases being disposed on opposite sides of the cuff,- o'r one crease of each pair on the outer side and the other on the inner side, as described, by means of which it may be readily folded, and may also be reversed,and still preserve the same or nearly the same nished appearance at and near its edges which it has in its normal condition. For instance, if the fiap B in Fig. 2 is bent downwardly, and brought against the under side of the band A, the cuff will be folded on the angle z, and the boss or projection m will form the edge; and when the flap B is bent upwardly in reversing the cuff, and brought against the upper side 0f the body A, the cuff will be folded on the angle i, and the boss or projection c will form the edge, thus concealr ing the under side, z, of the original fold and presenting a smooth and finished edge both before and after the cuff is reversed, the same description being applicable to the folding of the flap C.

It will of course be understood that the cuff is to be properly embossed with imitation stitches, if the same are required, and otherwise so constructed and finished as to adapt it to be reversed, after the usual manner of making such cuffs also, that the crea-ses or indentations i z may be curved or straight, in accordance with the style of the cuff.

The creases or indentations t' z may be varied in depth and distance apart in accordance with the thickness or nature of the stock being used; vbut the members of each pair of the creases should always be arranged in parallelism with each other and disposed one on either side of the cuff, as described.

It will be obvious that the creases, when formed and arranged as described, are'analogous in their operation or the function they perform to the double hinges of a door, such hinges permitting the door to be readily swung vin either direction, and the creases enabling provided the members of each pair are kept properly together.

I do not confine myself to constructing the cuff with two flaps, as one may be employed,

if desired; neither do I confine myself in the construction of the cuffs to folding the aps, or either of them, before the cuffs are boxed or sold, as, for convenience and economy in packing and transportation, they may be cut out and creased or indented, as shown in Fig. l, and then sold or disposed of flat, or in the shape of unfolded blanks, if desired, to be folded by the purchaser or user.

My improvement is also equally well adapted to the manufacture of reversible paper or clothfaced-paper collars; but as I have made the same the subject-matter of another application for Letters Patent I do not claim such collars herein. (Vide application Serial No. 168,196, filed June 9,1885.)

Having thus explained my invention, what As an improved article of manufacture, a paper or cloth-faced paper cuff provided with a longitudinal crease/or indentation on each side, said indentations or creases being 'arranged in parallelism with each other and disposed at or near the junction of the body and iap of the cuff, substantially as described. Y

ROBERT BUTTERWORTH.

Witnesses: l

C. A. SHAW, L. J. WHITE. 

